Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-04

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. right 20 vote for mamy rsasans. 81.
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weird ~ much a. man and therefor.
aha woald b more fair minded. Shs
has 70. burden of tie faafly upon hel
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have ~ much power 80 be 10 asking
ard helping % enfores the Laws thai
profess and R1ssFn her children
Wouan jnBofs l look upon e. . con
plees success. Nothing can Be Of create,
aid 20 he Just sdminis,rzfi0n Of Isx
tsas % have woman In ths jury boxss
fhsre Il no reason for allowing msu q
vote and ssi ~ iarsrs that vii nos ap
| ply Equally veil 20 women She IL capa-
bla. IL 10 Ter right and she shnula NJ.
- deprived Of privileges Of shis kind
thai are granted % men.
Mrs.. Wfnuie p. Ih0mas-What Dc
think Of the decision Of the Saprsme
Onurt thai nallihes the woman suaraeisi
Law Why, think that IL 10 simply ths
cad Of the nfst ohapter. Ii will BE- neoes-
saFy TO fghs thess battles buf rest as
suEed ws vii Rst the ballot again, Ne
viii Be- s-enfraBrhised. Why, the idea
q equal FiRhts 10 growing eveFyvhere.
lt 10 growing In the East. was IN
Minneapolis last October, in atfsndanoe
npon the National Wouan's Christian
Temperance Union. and while there ]
bad The Dleas1fe Of Witnessing school
election IN which women took an active
part. vas aoo1mpanied af The polls
b. Miss Henderson, q highly respected
and Influential lady Of tue plaes. As ue
wsrs about 10 leave the polls, Miss Hen
ders0n vas addressed By q prominent
man Of the city Who said that e. soon
as the women indicated their desire 70
vote, the men would place the ballot
IN their hands. was always opposed
to weman suffrage until I wss convinced
81 personal experience that il was per.
fectly riaas, and have since regretted
very much my stupidity In net wanting
the privileges before. look upon jury
sefvios as one Of the greatest educators
IN the sonntry. Let woman serve in
that capacity. ID broadens her ideas
and deepens her sympathy, and she
leses nothing. Woman 10 amenable 20
Lass, then let her have chance 10 help
make them and eleot officers 70 enforce
them. Il is not true that the people Of
the Territory never had an opportunity
TO vote on the question Of woman SAT
fraRe. A vete on that question wss
taken IN 1878. bus Il vas beaten tgo to
one. Now public opinion has greatly
changed, and you fad but little opposi-
Il a b. it. Six measures for the uplift-
ing Of humanity we're passed b. the last
Legislature. The legislators asknow-
lodged that they were elected by the
Woueu, and they passed taoss bills
while acting as the represen atives OF
The women. Does that look like the Ia
fnencs Of woman suffrage 10 bad7
Mrs. C5rnelle Z Jenser-I am en-
tremely disappointed and disheaftened
at the decision Of the Supreme Court.
Aside from the justice Of the act graft
ing suffrage 10 women, and aside from
the benefit OF her participation In polit
ical and legal proceedings, Il Il nv
opinion that she moral influence OF the
vuman's vote is sufficient reason for
granting her the privilege. But then
she has right TO the exercise Of that
power, and the privilege of the balIos
should net be taken from her. See the
majority given IN this Territory IN fave.
OF prohibition at the recent local option
election. The women we're almost
unanimous IN favor Of il. and especially
50 In the rural districts. The D ople
here are not opposed to IL. Toe women
are not against II, uuless you look for
the opposition sentiment amosg thoae
who have little time or thought for any
thing more than whist or dansing. The
women who work and who have respon-
sibilities are willing and anxious 20
help mako laws and Is elect officers to
enforce them.
Mise Name Terry What do I think
about woman eudrage7 I think that
your pspeT h Just about right, and am
glad thai she law has been declared On
constitutional. Bot here, / must mot
tell you what think about women vat
ing beoanse Won will 90 and pot IL in
that paper Of yours.
Miss Florence Adams Il vas az fiEst
q very strong woman suffragist in my
sentiments, bat since I have seen the
worry and trouble that women have
been put to on account of voting and
serving on jnFies, ! am not % much in
favor Of u. am not very sorry the Law
has been decided unconstitutional. II
yoa call me suffraQiss you must say |
am very conservative one.
Mrs. Dexter HoFton-Have l heard
that the woman suffrage Law has been
decided unconstitutional by the Terri.
toriai sapreme OoHFt7 Yes. sir, and
tell y0u am very clad Of Il.
Mrs D. b. Johnson-Well, never
cared much 20 vote myself. bat I think
that woman suffrage has been q good
thing for the country, as il has helped
to pFudace better laws. i do not regret
that the ballot 10 10 be taken from
woman here. except am afraid re will
iese our GOOD laws and will be afiicted
With bad ones again.
Mrs. DR.. d. A. Mitchell-I don't mach
care for the privilege Of voting myself.
bot think that 3 woman has q perfect
right 10 exercise that privilege, and
don't see where man ever got the au-
thoFity for saying thai she should NOS
exercise t. Another thing, sir. think
that nev manager Of your paper ought
to wait little while before be starts 10
TO teach as What we ought 10 do In such
matteFs
Mrs. Rav. +. @. strsnee--I never
cared any for the privilege Of voting. I
vas brought up different from that. but
| am very sorry for the ladies' Who do
desire the exercise Of that privilege and
who are nov 10 be deprived Of ID. L
had hoped that woman suffrage would
have heiped ns to get better temperance
lava but don't see thas Il has sao-
eesded very we'll. Ia fact, am quite
indifferent. and for my elf prefer nss
10 vote or 10 have anything 10 do With
10. ] have other duties % absorb my
time and attention.
Mrs.. o. II. KittenReF-R ally, have
not been here Iona enough 70 form .
correct opinion Of the workings or ex-
pcdisnoy Of woman suffrage. NatnF-
ally. I am opposed 10 sach thinRs, and
dc pot 81 all desire 10 vote or serve as q
juror. am told, however, that my
opinions will change after have been
heFe little longer. and that I vii then
be IN favor 81 equal rights; bot think
thAs via b. thoroughly o1uteni to let